adjective, rougher, roughest. 1. having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road. 2. shaggy or coarse: a dog with a rough coat. 3. (of an uninhabited region or large land area) steep or uneven and covered with high grass, brush, trees, stones, etc.: to hunt over rough country. 4. acting with or characterized by violence: Boxing is a rough sport. 5. characterized by unnecessary violence or infractions of the rules: It was a rough prize fight. 6. violently disturbed or agitated; turbulent, as water or the air: a rough sea. 7. having a violently irregular motion; uncomfortably or dangerously uneven: The plane had a rough flight in the storm. 8. stormy or tempestuous, as wind or weather. 9. sharp or harsh: a rough temper. 10. unmannerly or rude: his rough and churlish manner; They exchanged rough words. 11. disorderly or riotous: a rough mob. 12. difficult or unpleasant: to have a rough time of it. 13. harsh to the ear; grating or jarring, as sounds. 14. harsh to the taste; sharp or astringent: a rough wine. 15. coarse, as food. 16. lacking culture or refinement: a rough, countrified manner. 17. without refinements, luxuries, or ordinary comforts or conveniences: rough camping. 18. requiring exertion or strength rather than intelligence or skill: rough manual labor. 19. not elaborated, perfected, or corrected; unpolished, as language, verse, or style: a rough draft. 20. made or done without any attempt at exactness, completeness, or thoroughness; approximate or tentative: a rough guess. 21. crude, unwrought, nonprocessed, or unprepared: rough rice. 22. Phonetics. uttered with aspiration; having the sound of h; aspirated.noun 23. something that is rough, especially rough ground. 24. Golf. any part of the course bordering the fairway on which the grass, weeds, etc., are not trimmed. 25. the unpleasant or difficult part of anything. 26. anything in its crude or preliminary form, as a drawing. 27. Chiefly British. a rowdy; ruffian. adverb 28. in a rough manner; roughly.verb (used with object), roughed, roughing. 29. to make rough; roughen. 30. to give a beating to, manhandle, or subject to physical violence (often followed by up): The mob roughed up the speaker. 31. to subject to some rough, preliminary process of working or preparation (often followed by down, off, or out): to rough off boards. 32. to sketch roughly or in outline (often followed by in or out): to rough out a diagram; to rough in the conversation of a novel. 33. Sports. to subject (a player on the opposing team) to unnecessary physical abuse, as in blocking or tackling: The team was penalized 15 yards for roughing the kicker.verb (used without object), roughed, roughing. 34. to become rough, as a surface. 35. to behave roughly. Idioms 36. in the rough, in a rough, crude, or unfinished state: The country has an exciting potential, but civilization there is still in the rough. 37. rough it, to live without the customary comforts or conveniences; endure rugged conditions: We really roughed it on our fishing trip.adjective 1. (of a surface) not smooth; uneven or irregular 2. (of ground) covered with scrub, boulders, etc 3. denoting or taking place on uncultivated ground: rough grazing, rough shooting 4. shaggy or hairy 5. turbulent; agitated: a rough sea 6. (of the performance or motion of something) uneven; irregular: a rough engine 7. (of behaviour or character) rude, coarse, ill mannered, inconsiderate, or violent 8. harsh or sharp: rough words 9. (informal) severe or unpleasant: a rough lesson 10. (of work, a task, etc) requiring physical rather than mental effort 11. (informal) ill or physically upset: he felt rough after an evening of heavy drinking 12. unfair or unjust: rough luck 13. harsh or grating to the ear 14. harsh to the taste 15. without refinement, luxury, etc 16. not polished or perfected in any detail; rudimentary; not elaborate: rough workmanship, rough justice 17. not prepared or dressed: rough gemstones 18. (of a guess, estimate, etc) approximate 19. (Austral, informal) (of a chance) not good 20. having the sound of h; aspirated 21. (informal, mainly Brit) rough on

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22. the rough side of one’s tongue, harsh words; a reprimand, rebuke, or verbal attacknoun 23. rough ground 24. a sketch or preliminary piece of artwork 25. an unfinished or crude state (esp in the phrase in the rough) 26. (golf) the rough, the part of the course bordering the fairways where the grass is untrimmed 27. (tennis, squash, badminton) the side of a racket on which the binding strings form an uneven line 28. (informal) a rough or violent person; thug 29. the unpleasant side of something (esp in the phrase take the rough with the smooth) adverb 30. in a rough manner; roughly 31. sleep rough, to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelterverb 32. (transitive) to make rough; roughen 33. (transitive; foll by out, in, etc) to prepare (a sketch, report, piece of work, etc) in preliminary form 34. (informal) rough it, to live without the usual comforts or conveniences of life rough

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